Barb Jungr
Barb Jungr (born 9 May 1954) is an English singer-songwriter, composer and writer, of Czech and German parentage. She is known as a chansonnière, or singer of chansons—in the sense of classic, lyric-driven French songs; in the broader sense of European songs in the cabaret style; and in the even broader sense of a diverse range of songs interpreted in this style. She is also an acclaimed jazz and cabaret singer, and has become best known for her work with, or "interpretations" of, the songs of Bob Dylan. A song-stylist incorporating jazz and blues, her approach often includes radical re-readings of known writers as well as original material.
Early life
Barb Jungr was born in Rochdale, Lancashire to immigrant parents.
Her father was Miroslav Jungr, a Czech scientist; her mother, Ingrid, was a German nurse. The eldest of three siblings, Barb grew up in Stockport, Cheshire, where she attended Stockport Convent School for Girls before earning a BSc from Leeds University. Miroslav Jungr came to Britain as a refugee after the Second World War and after incarceration in the German Work Camps.
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ALBUMS
- Durga Rising: An Indo-Jazz Adventure released: 2012
- Man In The Long Black Coat released: 2011
- The Men I Love: The New American Songbook released: 2010
- Just Like a Woman (Hymn to Nina) released: 2008
- Walking in the Sun released: 2006
- Love Me Tender released: 2005
- Every Grain of Sand released: 2004
- Waterloo Sunset released: 2003
- Chanson: The Space In Between released: 2000
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Walking In The Sun
by: Barb JungrI got to know, Lord, when to pull back on the reins
Death can be the result of the most underrated pain
Satan whispers to you, "Well, I don't want to bore you
But when you get tired of the Miss So-and-so
I got another woman for you"
Trouble in mind, Lord, trouble in mind
Lord, take away this trouble in mind
When the deeds that you do don't add up to zero
It's what's inside that counts, ask any war hero
You think you can hide but you're never alone
Ask Lot what he thought when his wife turned to stone
Trouble in mind, Lord, trouble in mind
Lord, take away this trouble in mind
Here comes Satan, prince of the power of the air
He's gonna make you a law unto yourself
Gonna build a bird's nest in your hair
He's gonna deaden your conscience
'Til you worship the work of your own hands
You'll be serving strangers in a strange forsaken land
Trouble in mind, Lord, trouble in mind
Lord, take away this trouble in mind
Well, your true love has caught you where you don't belong
You say, "Baby, everybody's doing it so I guess it can't be wrong"
The truth is far from you, so you know you got to lie
Then you're all the time defending what you can never justify
Trouble in mind, Lord, trouble in mind
Lord, take away this trouble in mind
So many of my brothers, they still want to be the boss
They can't relate to the Lord's kingdom, they can't relate to the cross
They self-inflict punishment on their own broken lives
Put their faith in their possessions in their cars or their wives
Trouble in mind, Lord, trouble in mind
Lord, take away this trouble in mind
When my life is over, it'll be like a puff of smoke
How long must I suffer, Lord, how long must I be provoked?
Satan will give you a little taste, then he'll move in with rapid speed
Lord keep my blind side covered and see that I don't bleed
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