re: Great first sentence in song lyrics

The Rolling Stones were the absolute masters of opening lyrics

Sorry if these were already posted:


Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
Scarred old slaver knows he's doing alright
Hear him with the women just around midnight

I grew up thinking that the last line was "hear him whip the women just around midnight."

From my favorite Led Zep song:

Oh, let the sun beat down upon my face, stars fill my dreams
I am a traveler of both time and space, to be where I have been