Ogden Avenue Lyrics

Growing up with my idiosyncrasies was rough

I was different, didn't fit in, and they'd call me a bluff

And I had a deep attachment, like a very deep attachment

To these road names, like this one that made me so darn ecstatic

It reminds me of this cute girl who never talked with me

And the time she sang Bad Romance at karaoke

It wasn't deep at all, but driving every day home to

School, made me think of her more than I would own to

Now to get to some places I'd take this street over others

Cuz they got their share of lore but they don't make my heart flutter

And when I got a shortcut, when I got the highway

I'd better take the slower route, explore the byways

I took my friends to Krispy Kreme, half an hour away

Wanted to feed my topophilia, they said "I-88"

It trigged my fancy to see how far I'd go

On this seemingly never ending suburban road

Oh Ogden Avenue

You know that I'll be missing you

And everything that came along

From my old apartment home

To this peculiar song I wrote

Thanks for making me who I am

Thanks for making me who I am

I look at these generic names like Jefferson and Liberty

Names of states or presidents or populated cities

When I went to Rapid City in South Dakota

There was Main, and then 5th, and then Amarosa

And I thought to myself, why ain't there more roads like the latter

If I had my own country every road would matter

So much to the point where they all had that same link

To a person, date, memory, just anything

We got Polyphony Avenue and Crescendo Street

Where I met people who witnessed me run after my dreams

Left on Celestial Avenue, right on 500th Street

Where homes were built, making dreams reality

Pass by Harry Street, Hall Street, Zambrano Street too

Even when my music wasn't great, they supported me through

Use the right two lanes to turn on Spirit Highway

Your eyes get to feast on everything that's made me who I am today

Oh Ogden Avenue

You know that I'll be missing you

And everything that came along

From my old apartment home

To this peculiar song I wrote

Thanks for making me who I am

Thanks for making me who I am

(Ahh-ahh-ahhhh)

(Ahh-ahh-ahhhh)

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

(Ooh-ooh-ooooh)

Topophilia is quite the quirky trait to possess

Is it ADHD to be this freaking obsessed

I didn't have the photographic memory of savants

But like them my philosophy runs deeper than the Mariana

I could go on about this whole connection web

That you can find on my website once you click "secrets"

Unfortunately I only got like four minutes of lyrics

Cuz to be in depth enough I need an hour of you listenin'

How I met a friend at church at a campfire that

Led me to be friends with someone who showed me the Music Map

And soon "Side Effects" broke my music taste

Like I'll do to others when I tour the United States

And I won't see my homies every day, I'm overwhelmed with stuff

So I cherish all these moments that don't last long enough

I won't be here much longer and I'll soon be out for college and

I swore to not let go but I can't keep all of my promises

Oh Ogden Avenue

You know that I'll be missing you

And everything that came along

From my old apartment home

To this peculiar song I wrote

Thanks for making me who I am

Ohhh, oh

Oh Ogden Avenue

You know that I'll be missing you

And everything that came along

From my old apartment home

To this peculiar song I wrote

Thanks for making me who I am

Thanks for making me who I am (no, no, I don't wanna go)

Thanks for making me who I am