Deep Purple

Songwriter: David Coverdale Ritchie Blackmore

Producer: Martin Birch Deep Purple

[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 and love me
And I would surely stay

[Chorus]
But I feel I'm growing older
And the songs that I have sung
Echo in the distance
Like the sound
Of a windmill going around
I guess I'll always be
A soldier of fortune

[Verse 2]
Many times I've been a traveler
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

[Chorus]
Now I feel I'm growing older
And the songs that I have sung
Echo in the distance
Like the sound
Of a windmill going around
I guess I'll always be
A soldier of fortune

[Outro]
Yes, I can hear the sound
Of a windmill going around
I guess I'll always be
A soldier of fortune
I guess I'll always be
A soldier of fortune

Deep Purple is one of the defining Hard Rock bands of the 70’s, and is co-credited with such bands as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin of creating the genre of Heavy Metal. They are best known for their song “Smoke on the Water”, as well as utilizing heavily distorted organ playing to mold their own unique heavy sound.

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