<P> In his book Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century, the author Greil Marcus writes of Lunsford's recording of the song: </P> <P> Now what the singer wants is obvious, and almost impossible to comprehend . He wants to be delivered from his life and to be changed into a creature insignificant and despised . He wants to see nothing and to be seen by no - one . He wants to destroy the world and to survive it . That's all he wants . The performance is quiet, steady, and the quiet lets you in...You can imagine what it would be like to want what the singer wants . It is an almost impossible negation, at the edge of pure nihilism, a demand to prove that the world is nothing, a demand to be next to nothing and yet it is comforting . </P> <P> Marcus comments on the song as a precursor to the music Bob Dylan and the Band recorded in Woodstock in 1967; Marcus also discussed "Mole" in his liner notes for The Basement Tapes, released by Columbia Records in 1975 . Some critics have disagreed with Marcus's interpretation of "I Wish I Was a Mole". </P> <Ul> <Li> Bascom Lamar Lunsford on Anthology of American Folk Music Smithsonian Folkways 1952 </Li> <Li> Cisco Houston </Li> <Li> Patrick Sky Two Steps Forward, One Step Back </Li> <Li> Michael Cooney "Singer of Old Songs" (1975) </Li> <Li> Jackson C. Frank on his self - titled album Jackson C. Frank (1965). The song is credited under the title of Kimbie . </Li> <Li> Steve Suffet on his CD Now the Wheel Has Turned (2005). </Li> <Li> Charlie Parr on his 2002 album 1922 </Li> <Li> DJ / rupture feat . Sindhu Zagoren on 2004 CD Special Gunpowder (Tigerbeat6) </Li> <Li> ANBB (Alva Noto & Blixa Bargeld) on 2010 EP Ret Marut Handshake and album Mimikry </Li> <Li> The Holy Modal Rounders on The Holy Modal Rounders 2 Prestige 1965 </Li> </Ul>

If i was a mole in the ground