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