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