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…
2024
Geen Gewone Harlekijn
Simon Oak’s protest song in Dutch to address Joost Klein’s cruel choice not to boycott the Eurovision 2024 and join a song contest with people who cheerfully represent a country that’s in the middle of committing a genocide. When asked why, Joost called himself a…
Doubt is the Devil
A short song by Simon Oak about too much faith to the tune of The Mason’s Apron. Lyrics 1. Some say that doubt is the Devil if you have to drive a car Doubt is the Devil for the one behind the bar Doubt is…
Never Hated Anyone Before
Protest song against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Lyrics I wished the drones above my head were song birds Singing at the dawn to start the day I miss the shadows of our lofty palm trees Everything is rubble now and grey I wished my lovely…
Roode Remise
Song in Dutch for the fifth anniversary of the Roode Remise, a bar in Amsterdam, to the melody of an old Dutch classic “Eén Kopje Koffie” by VOF De Kunst, which itself was written to the song “Verde E Amarelo” by two Brazilian friends Erasmo…