diff --git a/stepmania/src/LyricsLoader.cpp b/stepmania/src/LyricsLoader.cpp
index c8893a358a..c1e71b2a35 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/LyricsLoader.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/LyricsLoader.cpp
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
 #include "RageLog.h"
 #include "RageException.h"
 #include "RageUtil.h"
-#include "LRCFile.h"
 #include "LyricsLoader.h"
+#include "Regex.h"
 
+#include <fstream>
 #include <map>
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -17,28 +18,32 @@ bool LyricsLoader::LoadFromLRCFile( CString sPath, Song &out )
 {
 	LOG->Trace( "LyricsLoader::LoadFromLRCFile(%s)", sPath.GetString() );
 	
-
-	LRCFile lrc;
-	bool bResult = lrc.ReadFile( sPath );
-	RageColor	m_LastFoundColor(0,1,0,1);
-
-	if( !bResult )
-		RageException::Throw( "Error opening file '%s' for reading.", sPath.GetString() );
-	
-	// unsigned iLineCount = 0; // hush "variable not referenced"
-	for( unsigned i=0; i<lrc.GetNumValues(); i++ )
+	ifstream input(sPath);
+	if(input.bad())
 	{
-		int iNumParams = lrc.GetNumParams(i);
-		const LRCFile::value_t &sParams = lrc.GetValue(i);
-		
-		CString sValueName = sParams[0];
-		CString sValueData = sParams[1];
+		LOG->Warn( "Error opening file '%s' for reading.", sPath.GetString() );
+		return false;
+	}
 
-		if(iNumParams < 1)
-		{
-			LOG->Warn("Got \"%s\" tag with no parameters", sValueName.GetString());
+	string line;
+
+	RageColor CurrentColor(0,1,0,1);
+
+	while(input.good() && getline(input, line))
+	{
+		if(!line.compare(0, 2, "//"))
 			continue;
-		}
+
+		/* "[data1] data2".  Ignore whitespace at the beginning of the line. */
+		static Regex x("^ *\\[([^]]+)\\] *(.*)$");
+
+		vector<CString> matches;
+		if(!x.Compare(line, matches))
+			continue;
+		
+		CString &sValueName = matches[0];
+		CString &sValueData = matches[1];
+		StripCrnl(sValueData);
 
 		// handle the data
 		if( 0==stricmp(sValueName,"COLOUR") || 0==stricmp(sValueName,"COLOR") )
@@ -53,17 +58,16 @@ bool LyricsLoader::LoadFromLRCFile( CString sPath, Song &out )
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			m_LastFoundColor = RageColor(r / 256.0f, g / 256.0f, b / 256.0f, 1);
+			CurrentColor = RageColor(r / 256.0f, g / 256.0f, b / 256.0f, 1);
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		else
 		{
 			/* If we've gotten this far, and no other statement caught
-			   this value before this does, assume it's a time value. */		
+			 * this value before this does, assume it's a time value. */		
 			
 			LyricSegment seg;
-			seg.m_Color = m_LastFoundColor;
+			seg.m_Color = CurrentColor;
 			seg.m_fStartTime = TimeToSeconds(sValueName);
 			seg.m_sLyric = sValueData;
 			
@@ -82,23 +86,10 @@ bool LyricsLoader::LoadFromLRCFile( CString sPath, Song &out )
 	return true;
 }
 
-void LyricsLoader::GetApplicableFiles( CString sPath, CStringArray &out )
-{
-	GetDirListing( sPath + CString("*.dwi"), out );
-}
-
-bool LyricsLoader::LoadFromDir( CString sPath, Song &out )
-{
-	CStringArray aFileNames;
-	GetApplicableFiles( sPath, aFileNames );
-
-	if( aFileNames.size() > 1 )
-		RageException::Throw( "There is more than one DWI file in '%s'.  There should be only one!", sPath.GetString() );
-
-	/* We should have exactly one; if we had none, we shouldn't have been
-	 * called to begin with. */
-	ASSERT( aFileNames.size() == 1 );
-
-	return LoadFromLRCFile( sPath + aFileNames[0], out );
-}
-
+/*
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Copyright (c) 2003 by the person(s) listed below.  All rights reserved.
+	Kevin Slaughter
+	Glenn Maynard
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+*/
diff --git a/stepmania/src/LyricsLoader.h b/stepmania/src/LyricsLoader.h
index 690f181d9c..53b8a559a8 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/LyricsLoader.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/LyricsLoader.h
@@ -1,23 +1,21 @@
 #ifndef LYRICS_LOADER_H
 #define LYRICS_LOADER_H
 /*
-	Declares for lyrics loader
-	By: Kevin Slaughter
-*/
+ * Loads lyrics from an LRC file.
+ */
 
 #include "song.h"
-//#include "GameInput.h"
 
 class LyricsLoader {
-	//bool LoadFromLRCFile( CString sPath, Song &out );
 public:
-	void GetApplicableFiles( CString sPath, CStringArray &out );
-	bool Loadable( CString sPath );
-	bool LoadFromDir( CString sPath, Song &out );
 	bool LoadFromLRCFile( CString sPath, Song &out );
-private:
-	LyricSegment	LySeg;
-	float			fSecs;
 };
 
 #endif
+/*
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Copyright (c) 2003 by the person(s) listed below.  All rights reserved.
+	Kevin Slaughter
+	Glenn Maynard
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+*/