Songwriter: David Coverdale Ritchie Blackmore
Producer: David Coverdale Michael McIntyre Reb Beach
[Verse 1]
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
[Hook]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Hook]
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
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
[Hook]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Hook]
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
The Purple Album
- Mistreated
- Soldier of Fortune (Alternate Mix)
- Comin’ Home
- Stormbringer
- Lay Down Stay Down
- Soldier of Fortune
- You Keep On Moving
- Holy Man
- Lady Double Dealer
- The Gypsy
- Sail Away (Featuring ’Elegy for Jon’)
- You Fool No One (Interpolating ’Itchy Fingers’)
- Love Child
- Burn
- Might Just Take Your Life
- Lady Luck
- The Purple Album (2015)
- Here I Go Again
- Is This Love
- Still of the Night
- Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City
- Free Flight
- Crying
- Till the Day I Die
- Burn
- Slide It In
- Children of the Night
- Come On
- Sweet Talker
- Fare Thee Well (Acoustic Version)
- Child of Babylon
- Bloody Mary
- Dancing Girls
- Restless Heart
- Looking for Love
- You ‘n’ Me
- Give Me More Time
- Oi
- Slip of the Tongue
- Love an’ Affection
- Tell Me How