"Cry Me a River" is a popular American torch song, written by Arthur Hamilton, first published in 1953. The song's first release was by actress and singer Julie London on Liberty Records in 1955, backed by Barney Kessel on guitar and Ray Leatherwood on bass. London had been urged to record the song by Bobby Troup, whom she would later marry after her divorce from Webb. A performance of the song by London in the 1956 film The Girl Can't Help It, helped to make it a bestseller (reaching no. 9 on US and no. 22 on the UK Singles Chart). It became a gold record, and in 2016, it was inducted by the Library of Congress in the National Recording Registry.

Lyrics

Now you say you're lonely
 You cry the long night through
 Well, you can cry me a river 
Cry me a river 
I cried a river over you

 Now you say you're sorry 
For being so untrue
 Well, you can cry me a river
 Cry me a river
 'Cause I cried a river over you
 
You drove me, nearly drove me, out of my head 
While you never shed a tear
 Remember, I remember, all that you said? 
Told me love was too plebeian 
And you were through with me and

And now you say you love me 
Well, just to prove you do
 Come on and cry me a river 
Cry me a river '
Cause I cried a river over you