Deep Purple Soldier of fortune ____________________________________________ 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 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 *** SOLO *** 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 thougt 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 Oh' Yes, I can hear the sound of a windmill goin' 'round I guess I'll always be A soldier of fortune I guess I'll always be............ A soldier of fortune