Flying with the King

It was Ansett 603 He sits down next to me We were flyin' out across the Great Divide Bound for WA He shook my hand and said g'day There I was, Slim Dusty by my side I was flyin' with the king Ridin' on the wind A small town boy from nowhere My head up in the clouds All the times I heard him play And here I was today I was flyin', I was flyin' with the king Was Trumby ridin' slow 30, 000 feet below Way down there round a fire of gidgee coal The desert stretchin' on Home to countless Dusty songs He was the man who walked a country mile I was flyin' with the king Ridin' on the wind A small town boy from nowhere My head up in the clouds All the times I heard him play And here I was today I was flyin', I was flyin' with the king Before I knew the wheels touched down He smiled and said "I'll see you round" There was so much more to say but he was gone An' now he's gone, I was flyin' with the king Ridin' on the wind A small town boy from nowhere My head up in the clouds All the times I heard him play And here I was today I was flyin', I was flyin' with the king