Agree with "piersy" but would like to add that I think this is a love between an older man and a young woman and the obvious conflict, emotionally, that can cause. He's obsessed with a young girl he feels he will eventually lose so tries to be aloof but struggles. He puts himself down in one breath "I'm asking you to back a horse that's good for glue and nothing else" cause he feels he can't compete with younger guys, then plays to his strengths by telling her " But find a man that's truer than, find a man that needs you more than I". He wants to hear her "dreams and obsessions" cause maybe he no longer has any and doesn't want to be the reason she doesn't fulfill them, but..........darling is this love!
Agree with "piersy" but would like to add that I think this is a love between an older man and a young woman and the obvious conflict, emotionally, that can cause. He's obsessed with a young girl he feels he will eventually lose so tries to be aloof but struggles. He puts himself down in one breath "I'm asking you to back a horse that's good for glue and nothing else" cause he feels he can't compete with younger guys, then plays to his strengths by telling her " But find a man that's truer than, find a man that needs you more than I". He wants to hear her "dreams and obsessions" cause maybe he no longer has any and doesn't want to be the reason she doesn't fulfill them, but..........darling is this love!