Artists
David Coverdale – lead vocals
Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
Jon Lord – keyboards
Glenn Hughes – bass guitar
Ian Paice – mixing
Written by David Coverdale & Ritchie Blackmore. Produced by Deep Purple & Martin Birch, recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, in August 1974 and mixed at the Record Plant in September 1974. The closing track (3:14) on Stormbringer (Purple Records/Warner Bros., 8 November 1974).
A rock ballad that has no single release and never charted, yet developed a cult following and has been covered by many artists. It is sung solely by David Coverdale (with the album’s other solo showcase, “Holy Man,” going to Glenn Hughes), and reviewers have singled out his desolate vocal and Blackmore’s inspired playing beneath it. Stormbringer was the last Deep Purple album to feature Blackmore before he left in 1975.
Deep Purple – Soldier of Fortune Lyrics
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
I guess I’ll always be a soldier of fortune
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
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 ’round
I 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
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