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 
YES, I CAN HEAR THE SOUND 
OF A WINDMILL GOIN' 'ROUND 
I GUESS I'LL ALWAYS BE 
A SOLDIER OF FORTUN