Sandy Stewart was a backup singer for artists such as Stevie Nicks and finally got her chance to step up front and shine with a solo album which produced one of my favorite songs, “Saddest Victory”. She was also a gifted songwriter and it shows in this gem. My favorite part is the chorus itself,
So you have won, and you have conquered
And you have killed a friend in me
How does it feel . . .
Your saddest victory
SADDEST VICTORY
Don’t have to fight, doesn’t have to be a war
Don’t have to bother going off to sea
There’s enough of a reason here
To make peace with me
Where is the passion
Well, you don’t feel it yet
How could you now when it plays so hard to get
I’m missing in action, I’m missing the days—
That you can’t wish away.
So you have won, and you have conquered
And you have killed a friend in me
How does it feel . . .
Your saddest victory
The best part of plans can’t hold the line
A heart misled couldn’t stand the test of time
How I tried to stay
The banner waves inside your wall
A hero stands too proud, too tall
You got what you wanted, after all
But you can’t wish away . . .
So you have won, and you have conquered
And you have killed a friend in me
How does it feel . . .
You just won your saddest victory
And so my friend, as you count your lies
Does a man forget what the soul denies
Well, you can try to forget, so you say—
But you won’t wish away the day . . .
So you have won, and you have conquered
And you have lost a friend in me
How does it feel
You just won your saddest victory
I’m laying on the ground,
I’m laying on the ground . . .