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…

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…

Ariane is een draagraket

Song in Dutch by Simon Oak to mock the extreme personality cult around the Dutch royal family, which can easily be seen when you explore the map of The Netherlands. And it’s not just streets and squares that bear the names of Orange kings, queens,…

Stopt het ooit een keer?

Anti-war song in Dutch by Simon Oak to the famous melody of Jaques Brel’s Ne Me Quitte Pas (1959). Lyrics Stopt het ooit een keer? Schei toch uit meneer! Dit wil niemand meer, zeg niet keer op keer Dat niet jij begon, maar dat zij…

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…

The Ocean Between Us

A US-mocking version of Dominic Behan‘s The Sea Around Us, written by Simon Oak in the first week of Donald Trumps second term as president. The first verse and the first line of the chorus are Dominic’s own. Lyrics They say that the lakes of…

What Will It Be?

This new song post started in June 2019, but was never published here. It’s 2025 now and I’ve restarted to work on my website, because this feels like the only place to publish my work without feeding the social media beasts. Most of my creative…

Bye Bye Winston

Klezmer style song by Simon Oak about the ongoing injustice being done to the Palestinians by Israel and the international community, largely initiated by the famous Winston Churchill, whose mistakes have cost so many lives and whose plans still have their aftermath around the world…