Hotdog Water

The song "Hotdog Water" from the jazz album "All That Jazz" is a poignant exploration of a broken heart through the imagery of a diner, a jazz song, and, most notably, the metaphorical "hotdog water." The lyrics describe the speaker's encounter with a diner where the aroma of hotdog water triggers bittersweet memories of a lost love. The speaker finds solace in the music and a fleeting hope in the diner's offer of a "hotdog dance," only to be left with the realization that love is "unbound" and lost. The repeated refrain "Oh, hotdog water, hotdog water / You remind me of love's slaughter" emphasizes the connection between the mundane smell of the hotdog water and the speaker's painful memories of a lost love.