A música Soldier of Fortune foi escrita por David Coverdale e Ritchie Blackmore da banda de rock Deep Purple. Foi lançada em seu álbum Stormbringer de 1974. A canção reflete um sentimento de nostalgia e reflexão sobre a vida de um drifter, ou alguém que vaga sem destino fixo. A letra aborda temas de amor, mudança e uma espécie de resignação, simbolizado pelo soldado da fortuna que aceita seu destino de sempre estar na estrada, sem um lar fixo.
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 and 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 going round 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 thought my eyes Had seen you standing near Though blindness is confusing It shows that you're not here But I feel I'm growing older And the songs that I have sung Echo in the distance Like the sound Of a windmill going round Guess I'll always be A soldier of fortune Yes, I can hear the sound Of a windmill going round I guess I'll always be A soldier of fortune. I guess I'll always be A soldier of fortune