"Mama, I'm Coming Home" by Ozzy Osbourne

"Mama, I'm Coming Home" is the third song on the 1991 Ozzy Osbourne heavy metal album No More Tears. The song is about his wife and manager, Sharon Osbourne, whom he nicknames "Mama", and his return to her following his imminent retirement. The song was co-written by Zakk Wylde, Osborne's longtime guitarist, frontman and lead guitarist for heavy metal group Black Label Society, and Lemmy Kilmister, frontman of the heavy metal group Motörhead.

Two music videos were created for the single. The first was a surreal video that Osbourne didn't like because he felt the video didn't match the song. He then created a second music video with Samuel Bayer, which was more to his liking. Osbourne compared the effects in the second video to the hazy smoke effect seen in the video for Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", which was also directed by Bayer.

Ozzy Osbourne - vocals
Zakk Wylde - guitar
Bob Daisley - bass
Randy Castillo - drums

"Mama, I'm Coming Home" by Ozzy Osbourne

Times have changed and times are strange

Here I come, but I ain't the same

Mama, I'm coming home

Times gone by, seems to be

You could have been a better friend to me

Mama, I'm coming home

You took me in and you drove me out

Yeah, you had me hypnotized

Lost and found and turned around

By the fire in your eyes

You made me cry, you told me lies

But, I can't stand to say goodbye

Mama, I'm coming home

I could be right, I could be wrong

It hurts so bad, it's been so long

Mama, I'm coming home

Selfish love, yeah, we're both alone

The ride before the fall, yeah.

But I'm gonna take this heart of stone

I just got to have it all.

I've seen your face a hundred times,

Everyday we've been apart

I don't care about the sunshine, yeah

'cause mama,

Mama, I'm coming home

I'm coming home

You took me in and you drove me out

Yeah, you had the hypnotised, yeah.

Lost and found and turned around

By the fire in your eyes

I've seen your face a thousand times

Everyday we've been apart

And I don't care about the sunshine, yeah

'cause mama,

Mama, I'm coming home

I'm coming home