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 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