Three-Five-Zero-Zero

"Three-Five-Zero-Zero" is a song from the 1968 musical "Hair". The song is most notable for its opposition to the Vietnam War and lyrics taken from Wichita Sutra Vortex, a poem by Allen Ginsberg. The title, "Three-Five-Zero-Zero" alludes to the estimated number of Viet Cong losses in the Vietnam War per month. [ [http://www.allenginsberg.org/library/Text/7007.pdf Wichita Sutra Vortex, a Poem by Allen Ginsberg] ]

"Put it this way"
"Declared McNamara speaking language"
"Asserted Maxwell Taylor"
"General, Consultant to White House"
"Viet Cong losses leveling up three five zero zero per month"
"Front page testimony February ‘66"
"Here in Nebraska same as Kansas same known in Saigon"
"in Peking, in Moscow, same known"
"by the youths of Liverpool three five zero zero
"the latest quotation in the human meat market—
"Father I cannot tell a lie!"
-Excerpt from Wichita Sutra Vortex, a poem by Allen Ginsberg.

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