It was a mid-tempo instrumental and featured almost all the elements and arrangements of the final song.

The first take was partially overwritten so the first verse and chorus have been lost but the rest of the song is complete, including a hesitant end to the coda. The second take was more of a short reprise of the coda with mostly just guitar, bass and drums - the keyboards don't appear until the final fade.

A third version appears on Tape #1 which was recorded in June 1985. The song has reached its final form - the arrangement and lyrics are the same as the final album version, but there are very slight differences in the lyrics of the chorus (which is missing the final line and includes extra backing vocals.)

Swing low, Could be the last call for two of us. I said swing high, Reach out and touch the sky, But don't cry yet, it's not time yet. This race is wrong, Come see, this race is right. See millions of years pass with no end in sight. Sleep tight, You couldn't count the cost through the night, 'Cause it's not right, it never was right. Come a long, long, Come a long, long way. Come a long, long, Come a long, long way. Come a long, long, Come a long, long way. Up on May Day and there is a carnival on my street tonight. I hear them dancing, I hear them dancing. But on a clear day, If this thing don't move here, then this thing just don't have no heartbeat. "Get on the street" I say. Sweet hours to live, I got no time to kill. I said hold back those arms raised, hold back the bill. Sleep tight, You couldn't count the cost through the night, 'Cause it's not right, it never was right. Come a long, long, Come a long, long way. Come a long, long, Come a long, long way. Come a long, long, Come a long, long way.

Instrumental Rough #1 [Incomplete] (3:36)
Instrumental Rough #2 [Coda Only] (0:42)
Rough #3 (5:07)