We Grow As We Go
Ballad by Simon Oak about the slow process of starting to believe in yourself as a real artist. Ask Simon if you want to know the melody. Lyrics Chorus: We grow as we go When we fall, we just get up We get better as…
Songs
Torretje
Slow children’s song in Dutch that Simon Oak wrote for his three year old. It’s about a little beetle that wished it had a mustache and it tells the story of how it gets it. Lyrics Daar was een heel klein torretje Dat had een…
Unpredictable And Crazy
Protest song by Simon Oak against the unpredictable and lawless behaviour of the USA’s President. The last line is a reference to one of Simon’s most favourite Irish songs. Recognise it? Lyrics Hello there, my friends, how are you keeping? May the songs never end,…
Lord Saint Davids
Inspired by a news item in 2018, Simon Oak wrote this true-story-song about Rhodri Philipps, an arrogant English aristocrat, a racist, a convicted criminal, and a Leave-voter in David Cameron’s anti-EU Referendum that started off the UK’s highly damaging Brexit process. Philipps issued a £5,000…
What If We Had No Internet?
Song by Simon Oak about how the internet has changed us. Lyrics What if we had no internet? How would I send you a message? I’d look for a piece of paper, A pen, a stamp and an envelope And few days later you would…
Voor wie denkt dat het niet echt is
Song in Dutch by Simon Oak about the problems of getting consensus between friends and family about what’s going on in the world and how serious the problems are today. Lyrics Voor wie denkt dat het niet echt is, het een ingebeeld gevecht is Voor…
Ik dacht dat je’t nooit zou vragen
Fun song in Dutch by Simon Oak about this rare kind of people who tend to forget the balance in social talk (talk about themselves only), or just forget to offer their guest a cup of coffee. Lyrics We waren op weg naar een feestje…
Another Year Behind Us
Happy New Year song by Simon Oak, written at the start of 2023. Lyrics Chorus There it is, another year behind us Let’s forget the sadness, remember all the happiness Remember those we had to leave behind us Cheer up, I wish you Happy New…
I Used To Have A Heart
Unfinished protest song by Simon Oak. Yesterday, 15 Dec. 2025, the ‘Proud’ US Army mass murdered eight more innocent people at sea by destroying their boats. To impress the world, these ‘bold soldiers’ show us how they ‘risked their lives for the defence of their…
Hoog In Het Torentje
Train song in Dutch by Simon Oak, written for his children in 2002. It’s about a little boy secretly driving ghost trains from a train station’s tower. Just before he causes a bad train crash, an old train driver saves the trains and discovers the…