Written by Audley Freed/Rickey Medlocke/Gary Rossington/Johnny Van Zant
F C G Mamma called this morning, said soon why won't you come back home F C G i ain't been feeling good and i know it won't be long F C G Don't keep me waiting i wanna touch your face again F C G oooh what a good life it's being F C G Now i'm ready to fly, i wanna see your daddy again F C G I'm ready to fly, all my family and friends F C G F C i know that i do waitting in a place beyond the sky G F C G i'm ready to fly......................yeah i'm ready to fly F C G Hard times in sixty nine, the war was (ragged) on F C G That's the reason my dad left and never made him back home F C G It was a suffer for all of us, but mamma smilled every day F C G oooh it's so hard to hear her say F C G Now i'm ready to fly, i wanna see your daddy again F C G I'm ready to fly, all my family and friends F C G F C G FCG i know that i do waitting in a place beyond the sky......... so i'm ready to fly Bm C She make sure she never let see her crying Am Bm F C G But those tears on the pilow, she couldn't hide F C G i'm ready to fly, i wanna see your daddy again F C G I'm ready to fly, all my family and friends F C G F C i know that i do waitting in a place beyond the sky G F C sooooo, yeah i'm ready to fly G i wanna see your daddy again F C G I'm ready to fly, all my family and friends F C G F C i know that i do waitting in a place beyond the sky G F C G G F C i'm ready to fly....................... yeah, i'm ready to fly G F C i'm ready to fly G F C i'm ready to fly fly, fly, fly