# What does Sam Cooke's "You Send Me" mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sam-cookes-you-send-me-mean/712563 "2015-02-13T13:09:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sam-cookes-you-send-me-mean/712563/1 "2015-02-13T13:09:26Z")
The chorus of [the song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX6QlnlMqjE), that is. There’s no object, so “you send me” what, or where? I was reminded of this question after listening to Belle and Sebastian’s [_You Don’t Send Me_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSBNyoAqSp4), which I suspect uses the phrase in the same manner I can’t quite parse. This is certainly a common expression I don’t know of, so please help me out. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sam-cookes-you-send-me-mean/712563/2 "2015-02-13T13:14:02Z")
An more or less outdated definition of “send” is to “delight” or “excite.” ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sam-cookes-you-send-me-mean/712563/3 "2015-02-13T13:16:16Z")
See [definition 10](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/send): delight, thrill. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sam-cookes-you-send-me-mean/712563/4 "2015-02-13T13:19:45Z")
It’s an expression that used to be much more common than it is now. “You send me” more or less means “you excite me, you make me happy,” etc. The next iteration of the chorus (“You thrill me”) pretty much explains it. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sam-cookes-you-send-me-mean/712563/5 "2015-02-13T13:19:57Z")
Thanks, ignorance fought once more. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sam-cookes-you-send-me-mean/712563/6 "2015-02-13T13:51:38Z")
Also see the Mamas & Papas song “Words of Love,” with the following lyrics: “If you love her, then you must send her somewhere she’s never been before” (In the emotional sense, they mean, not on an exotic vacation trip). ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sam-cookes-you-send-me-mean/712563/7 "2015-02-13T14:17:52Z")
> [@Miss\_Mapp](#): > > Also see the Mamas & Papas song “Words of Love,” with the following lyrics: “If you love her, then you must send her somewhere she’s never been before” (In the emotional sense, they mean, not on an exotic vacation trip). I always figured that in that case, they meant “send her” in a sexual sense. After all, the whole point of the song is that talking won’t get the job done! 🙂