Saturday, February 7, 2026

The Rebel Black Dot Anti-Valentine's Song o' the Day

Herman's Hermits, "No Milk Today" from the Herman's Hermits Retrospective compilation (Mike Papa Whiskey)

Commentary: Welcome to the bitterest week of the R.B.D.S.O.T.D.'s whole year: emotions are overwrought, love is a lie, & heartbreak awaits around every corner.
"No milk today, my love has 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 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'd turn 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, two down…"

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