La Dolce Vita (translation: The Good Life) was the Finnish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 in Lausanne performed by Anneli Saaristo.
The song is sung from the perspective of a person looking back at her life and coming to the conclusion that she has lived well and has no regrets. Saaristo also recorded the song in English under the same title; "La Dolce Vita".
It was performed 14th on the night following Austria and preceding France. At the close of voting, it finished in 7th place with 76 points, making it Finland's best placing since 1975.
Lyrics[]
Sointu viimeinen lapsuuden laulun
Taivaanrantaan kun soimaan nyt jää
Niin en hahmoa enkelitaulun
Enää turvana vierelläin nää
Silti ylitse tuhannen tuulen
Kuulen laulu soi niin huoleton
Ja sen mukana laulaa voi onnellinen:
Lapsi kesän ja auringon
La dolce vita, on ollut kaikki tuo suloista niin
La dolce vita, ei aihetta kyyneliin
Minä sammutin elämän janoa vaan
Minä osasin onnea anoa vaan
Jälkeen kaiken nyt saatan sen sanoa vaan
La dolce vita
Joskus mieleni valtaa taas kaipuu
Seuraan valkoisten enkelien
Sateenkaari kun taivaalla taipuu
Enkä löytänyt juurelle sen
Vaan kun kulkee tuo hetkien nauha on
Rauha sielussa rikkomaton
Ja teille nyt laulaa voi onnellinen:
Lapsi kesän ja auringon
La dolce vita, on ollut kaikki tuo suloista niin
La dolce vita, ei aihetta kyyneliin
Minä sammutin elämän janoa vaan
Minä osasin onnea anoa vaan
Jälkeen kaiken nyt saatan sen sanoa vaan
La dolce vita
La dolce vita, on ollut kaikki tuo suloista niin
La dolce vita, ei aihetta kyyneliin
Minä sammutin elämän janoa vaan
Minä osasin onnea anoa vaan
Jälkeen kaiken nyt saatan sen sanoa vaan
La dolce vita, la dolce vita
The last chord of my childhood’s song
Keeps on playing in the horizon
I won’t see the figure of the angel painting
By my side to protect me anymore
Yet over a thousand winds
I can hear a carefree song playing
And with it can sing a happy one:
The child of summer and sun
The good life, it has all been so sweet
The good life, no need for tears
I was just quenching life’s thirst
I knew how to plead for happiness
After everything all I can say is:
The good life
Sometimes my mind is filled
With yearning to be with the white angels
When the rainbow bends in the sky
And I can’t find my way to the bottom of it
But when the ribbon of the moments goes on
There’s an unbroken peace in the soul
And to you can sing a happy one:
The child of summer and sun
The good life, it has all been so sweet
The good life, no need for tears
I was just quenching life’s thirst
I knew how to plead for happiness
After everything all I can say is:
The good life
The good life, it has all been so sweet
The good life, no need for tears
I was just quenching life’s thirst
I knew how to plead for happiness
After everything all I can say is:
The good life, the good life
Trivia[]
- This is the last entry that Ossi Runne would conduct.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1989 | |||
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| Participants | |||
 Anna Oxa & Fausto Leali •  Gili & Galit •  Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers •  Justine Pelmelay •  Pan •  Ingeborg •  Live Report •  Britt Synnøve Johansen •  Da Vinci •  Tommy Nilsson •  Park Café •  Birthe Kjær •  Thomas Forstner •  Anneli Saaristo •  Nathalie Pâque •  Nina •  Fani Polymeri & Yiannis Savvidakis •  Furbaz •  Mariana Efstratiou •  Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson •  Nino de Angelo •  Riva
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| Songs | |||
| Avrei Voluto • Derech Hamelech • The Real Me • Blijf zoals je bent • Bana Bana • Door de wind • Why Do I Always Get It Wrong? • Venners nærhet • Conquistador • En Dag • Monsieur • Vi maler byen rød • Nur ein Lied • La Dolce Vita • J'ai volé la vie • Nacida para amar • Apopse As Vrethoume • Viver Senza Tei • To Dhiko Sou Asteri • Það sem enginn sér • Flieger • Rock Me
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Videos[]
Anneli Saaristo - La Dolce Vita (Eurovision Preview Finland 1989)
La dolce vita - Finland 1989 - Eurovision songs with live orchestra