I have often told you stories
About the way
I lived the life of a driller
Waiting for the day 
When I'd take your hand
And sing you songs
Then maybe you would say [bad word]  lay with me and love me
And I would surely stay

But I fee! 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
Hooked 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
Tho' 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

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.