S Lazy H. Here’s a recent live music video we threw together on a dime for Corb Lund, RGK Entertainment, and New West Records, destined for CMT — we were winging it. One song, 5 cameras, simple modern country ballad.

“This is one of the most personally meaningful songs I’ve written in quite a few years,” Lund says. “It’s not literally a true story, but it’s an amalgam of a handful of authentic agricultural family estate/succession disasters I’m aware of from people close to me. It’s a very common theme in the West, and shows no signs of slowing down.”

The tune has taken on the life of a hymn of sorts at Lund’s live shows. “There are always a couple of cowboys, silent with hats off anytime I play it west of the Pecos,” he says. “I’m glad it’s reaching people, but I wish it wasn’t a necessary topic.”

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Sometimes right isn't equal, Sometimes equal's not fair
There will soon be rows of houses, On that ridge over there
Many lifetimes of labour, Will be all but erased
So shed a tear and look skyward, God help the S lazy H

The last few years were a struggle, But I gave it my best
And I tried to go forward, On the land that was left
Well I have lived with the sorrow, And I will die with the shame
For now the bank owns what's left of, The S Lazy H