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