Soldier of Fortune lyrics

I have often told you stories

about the way

I lived the life of a drifter

waiting for the day

when I'd take your hand

and sing you songs,

then maybe you would say

"Come lay with me (and) love me",

and I would surely stay.

But I feel I'm growing older

and the songs that I have sung,

echo in the distance

like the sound

of a windmill goin' 'round.

I guess I'll always be

a soldier of fortune.

Many times I've been a traveller,

I looked for something new,

in days of old

when nights were cold

I wandered without you.

But those days I thought my eyes

had seen you standing near.

Though blindness is confusing,

it shows that you're not here.

Now I feel I'm growing older

and the songs that I have sung,

echo in the distance

like the sound

of a windmill goin' 'round.

I guess I'll always be

a soldier of fortune.

Yes, I can hear the sound

of a windmill goin' 'round.

I guess I'll always be

a soldier of fortune.

• Artist:Deep Purple
• Album:Stormbringer 1974