Blackmore's Night - Soldier Of Fortune (Live in Paris 2006)

Soldier of Fortune is a blues-rock ballad written by David Coverdale and Ritchie Blackmore and originally released on Deep Purple’s 1974 album Stormbringer.

It is one of the few Deep Purple songs where Jon Lord plays the Mellotron.

[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

[Instrumental Break]

[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 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
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.