When she first took her flight
All her worries just fell away
Incomparable in release
and beyond her mere mortal needs

She pictured this all her life
Now the Captain would show the way
and they went as fast as a breeze
Flying high above all the trees

You see a milestone within your grasp
Before you know it, it's all you have
and in the moment, you hope it lasts
Because that feeling is unsurpassed

With so much freedom, you realize
Your biggest dream is now before your eyes
The circumstances had made a path
and now that moment is unsurpassed

When the Captain first took his flight
In his mission bound for the war
He was only sixteen years old
But the fortune favors the bold

He piloted in the night
His superiors were struck down
The boy had flown his way home
a survivor up all alone

You show your valor, in darker times
When lesser people may try to hide
The boy is old now, the days have passed
But still that moment is unsurpassed

The woman stood up with pride
On the biplane that flew so high
The audience gave their cheers
While the Captain calmly would steer

The partnership would bear fruit
and she learned all that he could teach
She could pilot one day herself
"Madame Biplane" sure rings a bell

and so the Captain hung up his hat
The sun had set, and he'd stay on land
Gave up the mantle, the torch had passed
But still his memory is unsurpassed