美国乡村音乐:No milk today

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 reigned¹ as queen
　　
　　No milk today, it wasn't always so
　　The company was gay, we turned 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 shrine², when I think of you
　　Only just two up two down
　　
　　No milk today, it wasn't always so
　　The company was gay, we turned 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 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 has 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 two down
　　
　　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 turned night into day
　　
　　But 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

1 reigned   

vi.当政，统治（reign的过去式形式）

参考例句：

• Silence reigned in the hall. 全场肃静。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Night was deep and dead silence reigned everywhere. 夜深人静，一片死寂。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 shrine   

n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣

参考例句：

• The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
• They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。