Around 1969/1970 I was challenged by a friend to write a song with an original chord structure. I played around with the chord structures of two of the more interesting songs of the time, "Love is Blue" and "Space Oddity", rearranging and developing the chord structure until I came up with the verse for "Race To The Finish". I added the third verse with the piano counterpoint at the time but only added the intro, bridge and lyrics after I joined SongU.