Les paroles font référence à la pratique (courante à ce moment-là) des laitiers livrant du lait frais dans les maisons d’habitation chaque matin; L'intérêt amoureux du protagoniste de la chanson vient juste de déménager, de sorte que le ménage a besoin de moins de lait et la notice devant sa maison ordonnant au laitier de ne pas laisser la bouteille de lait habituelle tout en semblant banale aux passants. ils savent juste ce que signifie ce message, il symbolise la rupture avec le chanteur lui-même
No Milk Today est une chanson écrite par Graham Gouldman du groupe de rock britannique Herman's Hermits. Elle connaît le succès dans d'autres pays d'Europe, notamment en France.

No milk today my love is gone away
The bottle stands forlorn a symbol of the dawn
No milk today it seems a common sight
But people passing by don't know the reason why
How could they know just what this message means
The end of all my hopes the end of all my dreams
How could they know a palace there had been
Behind the door where my love reigned as queen
No milk today it wasn't always so
The company was gay we turn'd night into day
But all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
Becomes a shrine when I think of you only
Just two up to down
No milk today it wasn't always so
The company was gay we turn'd night into day
As music played the faster did we dance
We felt it both at once the start of our romance
How could they know just what this message means
The end of all my hopes the end of all my dreams
How could they know a palace there had been
Behind the door where my love reigned as queen
No milk today my love is gone away
The bottle stands forlorn a symbol of the dawn
But all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
Becomes a shrine when I think of you only
Just two up to down
No milk today my love is gone away
The bottle stands forlorn a symbol of the dawn
No milk today it seems a common sight
But people passing by don't know the reason why
How could they know just what this message means
The end of all my hopes the end of all my dreams
How could they know a palace there had been
Behind the door where my love reigned as queen
No milk today it wasn't always so
The company was gay we turn'd night into day
But all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
All that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
But all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town

Paroliers : Graham Gouldman