I dunno but hearing that song is pretty disturbing knowing it was about a 6yo and then reading the lyrics.
Neil says it was about his wife....
Inspiration
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Diamond has provided different explanations for the song's origins. In a 2007 interview, he stated the inspiration for the song was
John F. Kennedy's daughter,
Caroline, who was 11 years old at the time it was released.
[3][4] Diamond sang the song for her at her 50th birthday celebration in 2007.
[5] On December 21, 2011, in an interview on CBS's
The Early Show, Diamond said that a magazine cover photo of Caroline as a young child on a horse
[6] with her parents created an image in his mind, and the rest of the song came together about five years after seeing the picture.
[7] However, in 2014, Diamond said the song was about his then-wife Marcia, but he needed a three-syllable name to fit the melody.
[7]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Caroline