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 days I thougt my eyes

Had seen you standing near
Though blindness is confusing
It shows that you're not here


Now 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
I can hear the sound

Of a windmill goin' 'round
I guess I'll always be
A soldier of fortune