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Jorge Drexler (born Jorge Abner Drexler Prada; September 21, 1964) is a Uruguayan musician, actor. He is a doctor specialized in otolaryngology.
In 2004, Drexler won wide acclaim after becoming the first Uruguayan ever to win an Academy Award. He won for composing the song "Al Otro Lado del Río" from The Motorcycle Diaries.
Drexler was born in Montevideo. In 1939 his father, a German Jew, fled to Uruguay with his family at the age of four to escape the Holocaust. His family also fled to Bolivia and lived there. At the time only Bolivia among South American countries was widely open to Jewish immigrants. And over six decades later as his gratitude to Bolivia he made a song, which is included in Bailar en la Cueva. His mother is a Christian of mixed Spanish, French, and Portuguese descent. Drexler was raised Jewish, but does not follow any organized religions.
Like much of his family, he studied medicine and became an otolaryngologist—an ear, nose and throat specialist. Drexler began playing piano at age five, before attending guitar and composition classes. Although he had an interest in music, he became a doctor like both of his parents. He attended medical school in Montevideo. During his time in medical school, Drexler took a break to hitchhike through Brazil. He also studied music and recorded two albums, which were only released in Uruguay.
Bless the crack in the night
That allows me to look back
At that table and that dinner
And the start of being a sinner.
Bless the moment I got it wrong
Bless mistakes yeah, bless them all
And give my hand the grip
And give my feet the groove.
And let us dance, dance, dance
this life away
Dance, dance, dance
this life away.
Bless the day I made the wrong choice
Bless mess ups yeah, bless them all
And give me the sentence that I deserve
And the gift of memory
Grant me my dreams whenever you might
And give me the privilege of a fight
And give me the wounds that I earned
And let me keep the scars.
And let us dance, dance, dance
this life away
Dance, dance, dance