"Mama, I'm Coming Home" is about Ozzy's wife, Sharon. They met when her father, Don Arden, was managing Ozzy's group Black Sabbath. After they married, Sharon bought out Ozzy's contract and became his manager. Known for her tenacity, business acumen and for always looking out for Ozzy, she established Ozzfest, which brought metal to the masses.
Ozzy wrote this song with his guitarist, Zakk Wylde. In the liner notes for the 1997 compilation The Ozzman Cometh, he wrote, "I had been walking around with the melody in my head for a couple of years but never got a chance to finish it until I was working with Zakk on the No More Tears album. At that time Zakk and I were doing a lot of writing on the piano. 'Mama, I'm Coming Home' was always something I'd say on the phone to my wife near the end of a tour."
Ozzy gave up drugs and alcohol before recording this song. He credits Sharon for the lifestyle change, and admits he would be dead if he did not turn sober.
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