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
[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
Soldier of Fortune was written by David Coverdale & Ritchie Blackmore.
Soldier of Fortune was produced by Martin Birch & Deep Purple.