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  [bad word] 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 
 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 
 soldier of fortune 

Yes, I can hear the sound 
 Of a windmill goin' 'round 
 I guess I'll always be 
 soldier of fortune 
 I guess I'll always be 
 soldier of fortune