diff --git a/stepmania/src/XmlFile.cpp b/stepmania/src/XmlFile.cpp
index 1f2149f7ce..abb0134d92 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/XmlFile.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/XmlFile.cpp
@@ -14,21 +14,20 @@
 #include "Foreach.h"
 #include "LuaManager.h"
 
+const RString XNode::TEXT_ATTRIBUTE = "__TEXT__";
+
 XNode::XNode()
 {
-	m_pValue = new XNodeStringValue;
 }
 
 XNode::XNode( const RString &sName )
 {
 	m_sName = sName;
-	m_pValue = new XNodeStringValue;
 }
 
 XNode::XNode( const XNode &cpy ):
 	m_sName( cpy.m_sName )
 {
-	m_pValue = cpy.m_pValue->Copy();
 	FOREACH_CONST_Attr( &cpy, pAttr )
 		this->AppendAttrFrom( pAttr->first, pAttr->second->Copy() );
 	FOREACH_CONST_Child( &cpy, c )
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ XNode::XNode( const XNode &cpy ):
 void XNode::Clear()
 {
 	Free();
-	m_pValue = new XNodeStringValue;
 }
 
 void XNode::Free()
@@ -49,8 +47,6 @@ void XNode::Free()
 		delete pAttr->second;
 	m_childs.clear();
 	m_attrs.clear();
-
-	SAFE_DELETE( m_pValue );
 }
 	
 void XNodeStringValue::GetValue( RString &out ) const		{ out = m_sValue; }
@@ -119,7 +115,7 @@ bool XNode::PushChildValue( lua_State *L, const RString &sName ) const
 		lua_pushnil( L );
 		return false;
 	}
-	pChild->m_pValue->PushValue( L );
+	pChild->GetAttr(XNode::TEXT_ATTRIBUTE)->PushValue( L );
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/stepmania/src/XmlFile.h b/stepmania/src/XmlFile.h
index 2d176bd329..44fa12e260 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/XmlFile.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/XmlFile.h
@@ -80,26 +80,21 @@ typedef multimap<RString,XNode*> XNodes;
 		Var##Iter != (pNode)->m_childs.end(); \
 		++Var##Iter )
 
-// XMLNode structure
 class XNode
 {
 public:
 	RString m_sName;	// a duplicate of the m_sName in the parent's map
-	XNodeValue *m_pValue;
 	XNodes	m_childs;	// child node
 	XAttrs	m_attrs;	// attributes
 
 	void SetName( const RString &sName ) { m_sName = sName; }
 	const RString &GetName() const { return m_sName; }
 
-	const XNodeValue *GetTextValue() const { return m_pValue; }
-	XNodeValue *GetTextValue() { return m_pValue; }
-	void SetTextValueFrom( XNodeValue *pValue ) { delete m_pValue; m_pValue = pValue; }
-
+	static const RString TEXT_ATTRIBUTE;
 	template <typename T>
-	void GetTextValue( T &out ) const { m_pValue->GetValue(out); }
+	void GetTextValue( T &out ) const { GetAttrValue(TEXT_ATTRIBUTE, out); }
 	template <typename T>
-	void SetTextValue( const T val ) { m_pValue->SetValue(val); }
+	void SetTextValue( const T val ) { AppendAttr(TEXT_ATTRIBUTE, val); }
 
 	// in own attribute list
 	const XNodeValue *GetAttr( const RString &sAttrName ) const; 
diff --git a/stepmania/src/XmlFileUtil.cpp b/stepmania/src/XmlFileUtil.cpp
index 33722f8956..a03c56fcae 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/XmlFileUtil.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/XmlFileUtil.cpp
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ unsigned LoadInternal( XNode *pNode, const RString &xml, RString &sErrorOut, uns
 
 	// open/close tag <TAG ..> ... </TAG>
 	//                        ^- current pointer
-	if( XIsEmptyString(pNode->GetTextValue()->GetValue<RString>()) )
+	if( pNode->GetAttr(XNode::TEXT_ATTRIBUTE) == NULL )
 	{
 		// Text Value 
 		++iOffset;
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ unsigned LoadInternal( XNode *pNode, const RString &xml, RString &sErrorOut, uns
 		}
 		else	// Alone child Tag Loaded
 		{
-			if( XIsEmptyString(pNode->GetTextValue()->GetValue<RString>()) && iOffset < xml.size() && xml[iOffset] != chXMLTagOpen )
+			if( pNode->GetAttr(XNode::TEXT_ATTRIBUTE) == NULL && iOffset < xml.size() && xml[iOffset] != chXMLTagOpen )
 			{
 				// Text Value 
 				unsigned iEnd = xml.find( chXMLTagOpen, iOffset );
@@ -416,19 +416,20 @@ bool GetXMLInternal( const XNode *pNode, RageFileBasic &f, bool bWriteTabs, int
 	WRITE( pNode->GetName() );
 
 	// <TAG Attr1="Val1" 
-	if( !pNode->m_attrs.empty() )
-		WRITE( " " );
 	FOREACH_CONST_Attr( pNode, p )
 	{
+		if( p->first == XNode::TEXT_ATTRIBUTE )
+			continue;
 		RString attr( p->second->GetValue<RString>() );
 		ReplaceEntityText( attr, g_mapCharsToEntities );
+		WRITE( " " );
 		WRITE( p->first );
 		WRITE( "='" );
 		WRITE( attr );
-		WRITE( "' " );
+		WRITE( "'" );
 	}
 
-	if( pNode->m_childs.empty() && pNode->GetTextValue()->GetValue<RString>().empty() )
+	if( pNode->m_childs.empty() && pNode->GetAttr(XNode::TEXT_ATTRIBUTE) == NULL )
 	{
 		// <TAG Attr1="Val1"/> alone tag 
 		WRITE( "/>" );
@@ -446,7 +447,8 @@ bool GetXMLInternal( const XNode *pNode, RageFileBasic &f, bool bWriteTabs, int
 				return false;
 		
 		// Text Value
-		if( !pNode->GetTextValue()->GetValue<RString>().empty() )
+		const XNodeValue *pText = pNode->GetAttr( XNode::TEXT_ATTRIBUTE );
+		if( pText != NULL )
 		{
 			if( !pNode->m_childs.empty() )
 			{
@@ -456,7 +458,7 @@ bool GetXMLInternal( const XNode *pNode, RageFileBasic &f, bool bWriteTabs, int
 						WRITE( "\t" );
 			}
 			RString s;
-			pNode->GetTextValue( s );
+			pText->GetValue( s );
 			ReplaceEntityText( s, g_mapCharsToEntities );
 			WRITE( s );
 		}
@@ -617,12 +619,9 @@ void XmlFileUtil::CompileXNodeTree( XNode *pNode, const RString &sFile )
 		FOREACH_Child( pNode, pChild )
 			aToCompile.push_back( pChild );
 
-		XNodeValue *pValue = CompileXMLNodeValue( L, pNode->GetName(), pNode->GetTextValue(), sFile );
-		pNode->SetTextValueFrom( pValue );
-
 		FOREACH_Attr( pNode, pAttr )
 		{
-			pValue = CompileXMLNodeValue( L, pAttr->first, pAttr->second, sFile );
+			XNodeValue *pValue = CompileXMLNodeValue( L, pAttr->first, pAttr->second, sFile );
 			delete pAttr->second;
 			pAttr->second = pValue;
 		}
@@ -642,7 +641,7 @@ namespace
 			XNodeLuaValue *pValue = new XNodeLuaValue;
 			lua_pushvalue( L, -1 );
 			pValue->SetValueFromStack( L );
-			pNode->SetTextValueFrom( pValue );
+			pNode->AppendAttrFrom( XNode::TEXT_ATTRIBUTE, pValue );
 		}
 
 		/* Iterate over the table, pulling out attributes and tables to process. */