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No Milk Today
Herman's Hermits
Written by Graham Gouldman; released as a single with "My Reservation's
Been Confirmed" as the B-side, and on the album "There's A Kind Of Hush
All Over The World".
Intro:
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Verse:
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No milk to- day, my love has gone a- way, the
(no milk to- day)
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bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn.
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No milk to- day, it seems a common sight, but
(no milk to- day)
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people passing by don't know the reason why.
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How could they know just what this message means, the
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end of my hopes, the end of all my dreams?
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How could they know the palace that'd been
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behind the door, where my love reigned queen?
as
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No milk to- day, it wasn't always so, the
(no milk to- day)
2/4 time
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compa - ny was gay, we turned night into
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day.
Bridge:
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But all that's left is a place dark and lone - ly,
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a terraced house in a mean street, back of town,
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Becomes a shrine when I think of you on - ly,
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just two up to down.
Verse:
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No milk to- day, it wasn't always so, the
(no milk to- day)
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compa - ny was gay, we turned night into day.
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As mu - sic played, the faster did we dance, we
(as mu - sic played)
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felt it both at once, the start of our ro- mance.
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How could they know just what this message means, the
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end of my hopes, the end of all my dreams?
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How could they know the palace that'd been
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behind the door, where my love reigned queen?
as
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No milk to- day, my love has gone a- way, the
(no milk to- day)
2/4 time
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bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the
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dawn.
Bridge:
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But all that's left is a place dark and lone - ly,
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a terraced house in a mean street, back of town,
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Becomes a shrine when I think of you on - ly,
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just two up to down.
Verse:
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No milk to- day, my love has gone a- way, the
(no milk to- day)
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bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn.
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A|----------------------------3--|3-----------3---3---3----------|
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No milk to- day, it seems a common sight, but
(no milk to- day)
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people passing by don't know the reason why.
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How could they know just what this message means, the
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end of my hopes, the end of all my dreams?
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How could they know the palace that'd been
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behind the door, where my love reigned queen?
as
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No milk to- day, it wasn't always so, the
(no milk to- day)
2/4 time
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compa - ny was gay, we turned night into
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day.
Outro:
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But all that's left is a place dark and lone - ly,
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a terraced house in a mean street, back of town...
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Repeat and fade out...
