Blackmore's Night - 'Soldier Of Fortune' (Homer, NY, Oct 28, 2023)

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

Το τραγούδι "Soldier of Fortune" αποτελεί μία από τις ωραιότερες μπαλάντες της δεκαετίας του εβδομήντα (κι όχι μόνο). Φέρει τον υπογραφή του Ritchie Blackmore (μουσική) και του David Coverdale (στίχοι) και το γνωρίσαμε μέσα από τον (υπέροχο) δίσκο των Deep Purple "Stormbringer" (το επιλογικό μουσικό κομμάτι) που κυκλοφόρησε το 1974. Στην παρούσα ανάρτηση θα παρακολουθήσουμε τους Blackmore's Night να το αποδίδουν "ζωντανά" πέρυσι (28 Οκτωβρίου 2023) στην Νέα Υόρκη (Homer)...