Because my dad was a big Neil Diamond fan, I’ve heard this song all my life—and yet missed Albert Camus’ name in the lyrics.
I also missed Ramakrishna and Whistler’s mother.
This YouTube catches them all:
How did I miss Ramakrishna (since Diamond sings it loud and clear)?
Because I always separated the word in two—Diamond singing “rama” to “Krishna.”
It didn’t register to me that Diamond was singing “Ramakrishna” as a reference to the 19th century Calcutta guru who used to dazzle Westerners with his wickedly literary “Sermon on the Mount” style aphorisms.
Prometheus Unbound 
Oh! I didn’t know this song by Neil Diamond, I like so well. Well he doesn’t sing Camus, using the french “u”, that’s funny.
I adore Buster Keaton too. What a beautiful video!
Quite nostalgic indeed, but so true. Thank you.
It makes me think about a song I heard when I was young, and sang with one of my brother. After years I discovered I was singing anything… And the true words were not as droll as we thought…
:>) I love it.
Mae
glad you liked it mae.