E de necrezut cum David Coverdale și Ritchie Blackmore au putut scrie piesa asta pentru Deep Purple în 1974, apărută pe albumul Stormbringer. Mi se pare incredibil ce se putea scrie acum mai bine de 40 de ani. Iar în ceea ce privește versurile, cred că nu sunt cu nimic mai prejos decît muzica. Punem aici și una și alta, sper să vă facă bine (putem adăuga la suprlativ și calitatea video-ului):
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 fortune
(Blackmore/Coverdale)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKrNdxiBW3Y