when I’m down

плотник на крыше

У плотника на крыше
Такой однажды казус вышел:
Какой-то инструмент из рук
По воле рока выпал вдруг…

По улице шагал философ
И над сложнейшим из вопросов
Он думал. И судил он строго
Себя за то, что жил без Бога.

И сделал вывод: “Может быть
Я по-другому стану жить…
Не так, как жил до этих пор…

Вот тут и прилетел топор.

(с) Антон Отинов

Soldier of Fortune

Soldier of Fortune

song

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

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.

Now I feel I’m going 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.