“Don’t Worry, I’m Coming” — Paul McCartney Called. Ringo Starr Drove 100 Miles Through the Night. And Together, They Sang Ozzy Osbourne Home.
It was just past midnight when the call came — heavy with grief yet urgent in its tenderness. **Paul McCartney**, voice rough from tears and time, had just learned the news: **Ozzy Osbourne**, the man who roared for the forgotten and sang darkness into something beautiful, was gone.
Paul didn’t hesitate. He called **Ringo Starr**, and in four simple words — *“Don’t worry, I’m coming”* — history was set in motion.
Through the quiet, winding roads of the English countryside, Ringo drove nearly a hundred miles, his mind replaying decades of shared stages, backstage laughter, and the quiet respect only legends can offer one another.
By dawn, the two stood side by side outside the great cathedral in Birmingham — just miles from where a young John Michael Osbourne first dreamed of music louder than the life that tried to silence him.
In front of family, friends, and fans who’d loved Ozzy’s wild spirit and wounded heart, Paul and Ringo didn’t choose one of the anthems that made them immortal. Instead, they began to sing **“Because.”**
Ozzy had once told them it was the song he hummed when the world felt too loud — a quiet refuge from chaos. Their harmonies, softer now with age yet deeply true, wrapped the morning air in memory and grace.
It wasn’t a performance. It was a promise: that Ozzy’s voice, his laughter, and the love he sparked would not fade into silence.
And when the last note fell away, there was only stillness — and the unspoken vow that some legacies aren’t measured by charts or headlines, but by the friends who carry your song long after you’re gone.
