diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/ui/fragments/player/card/CardPlayerFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/ui/fragments/player/card/CardPlayerFragment.java
index bb7c9b4e..ae3a47db 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/ui/fragments/player/card/CardPlayerFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/ui/fragments/player/card/CardPlayerFragment.java
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ import com.kabouzeid.gramophone.util.ViewUtil;
 import com.kabouzeid.gramophone.views.WidthFitSquareLayout;
 import com.sothree.slidinguppanel.SlidingUpPanelLayout;
 
-import org.jaudiotagger.audio.AudioFileIO;
-import org.jaudiotagger.tag.FieldKey;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
 import butterknife.BindView;
 import butterknife.ButterKnife;
 import butterknife.Unbinder;
@@ -316,13 +311,7 @@ public class CardPlayerFragment extends AbsPlayerFragment implements PlayerAlbum
 
             @Override
             protected String doInBackground(Void... params) {
-                try {
-                    return AudioFileIO.read(new File(song.data)).getTagOrCreateDefault().getFirst(FieldKey.LYRICS);
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                    e.printStackTrace();
-                    cancel(false);
-                    return null;
-                }
+                return MusicUtil.getLyrics(song);
             }
 
             @Override
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/ui/fragments/player/flat/FlatPlayerFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/ui/fragments/player/flat/FlatPlayerFragment.java
index af4a65b2..f07a8267 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/ui/fragments/player/flat/FlatPlayerFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/ui/fragments/player/flat/FlatPlayerFragment.java
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@ import com.kabouzeid.gramophone.util.ViewUtil;
 import com.kabouzeid.gramophone.views.WidthFitSquareLayout;
 import com.sothree.slidinguppanel.SlidingUpPanelLayout;
 
-import org.jaudiotagger.audio.AudioFileIO;
-import org.jaudiotagger.tag.FieldKey;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
 import butterknife.BindView;
 import butterknife.ButterKnife;
 import butterknife.Unbinder;
@@ -312,13 +307,7 @@ public class FlatPlayerFragment extends AbsPlayerFragment implements PlayerAlbum
 
             @Override
             protected String doInBackground(Void... params) {
-                try {
-                    return AudioFileIO.read(new File(song.data)).getTagOrCreateDefault().getFirst(FieldKey.LYRICS);
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                    e.printStackTrace();
-                    cancel(false);
-                    return null;
-                }
+                return MusicUtil.getLyrics(song);
             }
 
             @Override
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/util/FileUtil.java b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/util/FileUtil.java
index 7563f12c..df54e766 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/util/FileUtil.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/util/FileUtil.java
@@ -11,9 +11,13 @@ import com.kabouzeid.gramophone.loader.SongLoader;
 import com.kabouzeid.gramophone.loader.SortedCursor;
 import com.kabouzeid.gramophone.model.Song;
 
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileFilter;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -160,4 +164,30 @@ public final class FileUtil {
         }
         return false;
     }
+
+    public static String stripExtension(String str) {
+        if (str == null) return null;
+        int pos = str.lastIndexOf('.');
+        if (pos == -1) return str;
+        return str.substring(0, pos);
+    }
+
+    public static String readFromStream(InputStream is) throws Exception {
+        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        String line;
+        while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+            if (sb.length() > 0) sb.append("\n");
+            sb.append(line);
+        }
+        reader.close();
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
+    public static String read(File file) throws Exception {
+        FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(file);
+        String ret = readFromStream(fin);
+        fin.close();
+        return ret;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/util/MusicUtil.java b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/util/MusicUtil.java
index 8b11a85e..db71af1c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/util/MusicUtil.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/util/MusicUtil.java
@@ -25,9 +25,15 @@ import com.kabouzeid.gramophone.model.Artist;
 import com.kabouzeid.gramophone.model.Playlist;
 import com.kabouzeid.gramophone.model.Song;
 
+import org.jaudiotagger.audio.AudioFileIO;
+import org.jaudiotagger.tag.FieldKey;
+
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileFilter;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 /**
  * @author Karim Abou Zeid (kabouzeid)
@@ -255,4 +261,52 @@ public class MusicUtil {
         if (musicMediaTitle.isEmpty()) return "";
         return String.valueOf(musicMediaTitle.charAt(0)).toUpperCase();
     }
+
+    @Nullable
+    public static String getLyrics(Song song) {
+        String lyrics = null;
+
+        File file = new File(song.data);
+
+        try {
+            lyrics = AudioFileIO.read(file).getTagOrCreateDefault().getFirst(FieldKey.LYRICS);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        if (lyrics == null || lyrics.trim().isEmpty()) {
+            File dir = file.getAbsoluteFile().getParentFile();
+
+            if (dir != null && dir.exists() && dir.isDirectory()) {
+                final ArrayList<Pattern> patterns = new ArrayList<>();
+                patterns.add(Pattern.compile(String.format(".*%s.*\\.(lrc|txt)", FileUtil.stripExtension(file.getName())), Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.UNICODE_CASE));
+                patterns.add(Pattern.compile(String.format(".*%s.*\\.(lrc|txt)", song.title), Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.UNICODE_CASE));
+
+                File[] files = dir.listFiles(new FileFilter() {
+                    @Override
+                    public boolean accept(File f) {
+                        for (Pattern pattern : patterns) {
+                            if (pattern.matcher(f.getName()).matches()) return true;
+                        }
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                });
+
+                if (files != null && files.length > 0) {
+                    for (File f : files) {
+                        try {
+                            lyrics = FileUtil.read(f);
+                            if (lyrics != null && !lyrics.trim().isEmpty()) {
+                                return lyrics;
+                            }
+                        } catch (Exception e) {
+                            e.printStackTrace();
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return lyrics;
+    }
 }