The migraine song

It can be hard to explain what it's like to have a migraine so why not play the migraine song to your friends and family. The song is about how one child feels about their migraine.

Click on the link below to play the song; you will need speakers on your computer or plug in your earphones to hear it. Minimise the media player to carry on listening to the migraine song and keep looking around our website. You might want to come back to this page and sing along; the words are below.

Click here to play the migraine song

More about the migraine song

The idea for the migraine song came from Dr Sue Liscombe who is an expert in migraine in children. It was written by song writer Mike Buck and performed by Louie aged 12 years (whose younger brother has migraine), and sisters Jamie aged 11 years and Jessie aged 9 years.

Why not download the migraine song for your mp3 player?

It costs £1.50 to download; 40% of this will help to support people with migraine in the future. You will need to ask your parent / carer to download the song from our online shop.

Click here to buy the migraine song

The migraine song words

I got a bad pain in my brain
My doctor says I've got migraine
It makes me sad
It makes me sick
Lucky you if you don't have it

I should be out playing in the park
But I'm stuck at home here in the dark
I feel so ill I want to cry
My leg's all numb and I don't know..........I don't know why

But when my migraine's gone
I put my trainers on
I play out in the sun
With my friends
It's so much fun
I'm happy
I feel like a king
I might play football
Or go cycling

But sometimes I worry it might come back
I get so scared of another attack
Maybe next week
Maybe next month
Maybe next year
But maybe never
Maybe never
Maybe never
That would be good
If it came back
Never
It's possible !!

I didn't take my pizotifen
Now my headache's come back again
And all I want is to fall asleep
It's enough to make you weep

I've got this tingling in my hand
They can't see it, they can't understand
My teachers don't know how it feels
Nor what happens if I miss my...... miss my meals

But when my migraine's gone
I put my trainers on
I play out in the sun
With my friends

It's so much fun
I'm happy
I feel like a queen
I might go dancing
I'm full of beans
And I'd really like to feel this good for ever
It's possible !!

I can't have coffee
I can't have cola
I can't eat chinese
I can't sleep over
I can't get up early
I can't stay up late
I can't get worried
I can't even eat cake

But when my migraine's gone
I put my trainers on
I play out in the sun
With my friends
It's so much fun
We're happy
We're like royalty
We might go swimming
It's up to me