The night flight
Wings & Prayers: Second Flight · Track 11
The Little Blue Pilot (Night Flight Remix)
The title song, The Little Blue Pilot, sung again at night: moonlight and starlight where the Sunshine Squad remix has sunshine, and words of its own. Both records sing them (the August recording and Wings & Prayers: Second Flight), so the two rows under the song carry the same lyric.
In the storybook, Chapter Five: The Little Blue Pilot shares this song’s name.
The song
Intro
(Moon-light… moon-light…)
(Starlight…)
Verse 1
Once, above the quiet hills, as evening turns to night,
There was a little blue bird who wanted to soar—
Not fast, not far, just peaceful and soft.
Verse 2
The evening sky stretched wide, bathed in velvet blue,
Starlight one moment, silver twilight the next,
A wide expanse of open calm.
But the little bird had two things:
A wing… and a prayer.
Pre-Chorus
So spread them wide— (spread them wide!)
And let the silver in— (let it in!)
One… two… three… FLY!
Chorus
Moonlight, moonlight, carry me up! (up, up!)
A wing and a prayer is all I've got! (that's enough!)
Moonlight, moonlight, drift through the sky! (high, high!)
Little blue pilot, gliding on high!
(Whoa-oh-oh… whoa-oh-oh…)
Little blue pilot, gliding on high!
Bridge
Say goodbye to morning light,
Up, up, up into the night! (up, up!)
Past the crescent, bright and clear,
Climbing high without a fear!
Full moon shining, big and round,
Higher, higher off the ground!
Day is done and night is here, flying up through the atmosphere!
Verse 3
And when he'd soared enough—
Not when he grew tired, but when he chose—
He drifted toward the nest, wings resting now,
Soft as a falling feather.
He closed his eyes,
And a tranquil starlight halo settled over his head.
Chorus
Sunshine, sunshine, light up the sky! (bright, bright!)
A wing and a prayer is all I've got! (that's right!)
Sunshine, sunshine, warm up the air! (higher, higher!)
Sunshine Squad, flying so high!
(Whoa-oh-oh… whoa-oh-oh!)
Sunshine Squad, flying so high!
Breakdown
A wing… and a prayer…
(Picking up the pace!)
From morning sun to moonlit night!
Sunshine Squad, take to flight!
Chorus
Moonlight, moonlight, carry me up! (up, up!)
A wing and a prayer is all I've got! (that's enough!)
Moonlight, moonlight, drift through the sky! (high, high!)
Little blue pilot, gliding on high!
Everybody— (whoa-oh-oh!)
Night Flight Crew— (whoa-oh-oh!)
Sunshine Squad, gliding on high!
Outro
Good night, little pilot.
The starlight is still warm…
Sunshine Squad will watch for you tomorrow.
Listen
Two recordings of this song. Players load only when you press one, and nothing plays on its own.
New recordings · September 2026Wings & Prayers: Second Flight
The recording this site plays. On YouTube, the music video, a release of its own.
The Little Blue PilotThe Little Blue Pilot (Night Flight, Second Flight Version)
Original recordings · August 2026Wings & Prayers
The August recording of this song, with the same words.
In the morning, the Sunshine Squad is waiting.
The Little Blue Pilot (Sunshine Squad Remix)