Letra de
Soldier Of Fortune

A música Soldier of Fortune foi escrita por David Coverdale e Ritchie Blackmore da banda de rock Deep Purple. Foi lançada em seu álbum Stormbringer de 1974. A canção reflete um sentimento de nostalgia e reflexão sobre a vida de um drifter, ou alguém que vaga sem destino fixo. A letra aborda temas de amor, mudança e uma espécie de resignação, simbolizado pelo soldado da fortuna que aceita seu destino de sempre estar na estrada, sem um lar fixo.

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
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 round
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 days I thought my eyes
Had seen you standing near
Though blindness is confusing
It shows that you're not here
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 round
Guess I'll always be
A soldier of fortune
Yes, I can hear the sound
Of a windmill going round
I guess I'll always be
A soldier of fortune.
I guess I'll always be
A soldier of fortune