I guess I'll always be Of a windmill going round A soldier of fortune. Now I feel I'm growing older And all the songs that I have sung Echo in the distance Like the sound I have often told you stories about the way I lived the life of a drifter waiting

Woah, oo, oo Tell me something that I don't know And that's when you heard my calls I couldn't let you go Fell on my knees, turned my face to the rain Sold me my stubborn soul I could have been someone I hurt everyone Phoenix is rising, it's rising again

Of a windmill going round Guess I'll always be a soldier of fortune And the songs that I have sung Echo in the distance Like the sound 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

I go to the grave before I be a bitch nigga Better behave: you dealin' with some rich niggas Started in the ghetto, now we worldwide Multiplying and I pray to God we never die This is for the soldiers that see the sun at midnight, ya dig Let me slow down

Goodbye love Came to say goodbye love, goodbye It's true you sold your guitar and bought a car? It's true, I'm leaving now for Santa Fe It's true, you're with this yuppie scum? You said you'd never speak to him again Who said that you have any say in who

'Cause it's your soul That you have sold You're only human Let the love in your heart shine a light, come alive and get you Search your heart You must have left it down in the womb of your mother Find it now You'd give away your love and your soul for a

Soldiers write the songs that soldiers sing The songs that you and I won't sing Let's not look the other way Taking a chance Cause if the bugler starts to play In the grip of this cold December You and I have reason to remember The songs that you and I