Hugh Jackman Reinterprets "Sweet Caroline" To Honor Stephen Colbert

We're about two hours now. Hey everybody, we're back. Hugh Jackman, his new film is Song Song Blue. Your character in the film says, there's more to Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline. Right. And yet that's the most popular Neil Diamond song. Yeah. And I'm, what do you think it is about Sweet Caroline that makes it so powerful for so many people? It's just such an anthem. It's like, I don't know if it's been adopted by the Red Sox, but also the English, yeah? The English football, soccer team. Like, you go to Germany, you go to the races in Australia, 120,000 people are singing it as though they've made it up. And you can't go to a karaoke bar without someone singing it. I just, you know what? You can't even say the words without wanting to sing it. Have you got a microphone? I've got a mic. Lewis, you ready? Oh yeah, man. So I thought I might, I thought I might sing. Now, I know what happens. I've sung this song before in concerts, and everyone wants to, and you're going to want to sing along. But do me a favour, don't, OK? No, it's just, you're going to ruin it. No, OK. You're not going to ruin it. It's just I've got, this is a surprise for you, and I've got a few little lyrics changed. But you're still going to come in. You know when to come in, right? I mean, you know when to come in. Where you belong Right here behind this desk, sir You monologue that the best it's true Yeah Nights full of laughs Even when times get heavy And if we're lucky we get heavy too Jokes, oh yeah, jokes Tellin' jokes Jokin' jokes Jokin' me Jokin' you Come on! Skin and bone Pop, pop, pop Why do you have to go? Go, go, go, go, go, go And can I swear Pop, pop, pop I just love this mother****** show Songs on Glue opens in theaters on Christmas Day. Hugh Jackman, everybody. We'll be right back with a performance by Lewis Cato and the Late Show Band.