diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 717b996..7e4d2a2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ edition = "2018"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-pest = "2.1"
-pest_derive = "2.1"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+#itertools = "0.9"
+envy = "0.4"
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 8b14429..ba73f9f 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-use pest;
 use serde::de;
 use std::fmt::{self, Display};
 
-use crate::Rule;
-
 pub type MpdResult<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
@@ -11,14 +8,6 @@ pub struct Error {
     pub message: String,
 }
 
-impl From<pest::error::Error<Rule>> for Error {
-    fn from(err: pest::error::Error<Rule>) -> Self {
-        Error {
-            message: err.to_string(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 impl de::Error for Error {
     fn custom<T: Display>(msg: T) -> Self {
         Error {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e4de75d..309c7b1 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,21 +1,91 @@
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate pest_derive;
-use pest::Parser;
 use serde::de;
 use serde::de::value::MapDeserializer;
 use serde::forward_to_deserialize_any;
 use serde::Deserialize;
+use std::fmt;
+use std::time::Duration;
 mod error;
 use error::MpdResult;
 
-#[derive(Parser)]
-#[grammar = "response.pest"]
-struct MpdParser;
-
 struct MPDeserializer<'de, Iter: Iterator<Item = (&'de str, &'de str)>> {
     inner: MapDeserializer<'de, Iter, error::Error>,
 }
 
+/// Deserialize time from an integer that represents the seconds.
+/// mpd uses int for the database stats (e.g. total time played).
+fn de_time_int<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Duration, D::Error>
+where
+    D: de::Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    u64::deserialize(deserializer).map(Duration::from_secs)
+}
+
+/// Deserialize time from a float that represents the seconds.
+/// mpd uses floats for the current status (e.g. time elapsed in song).
+fn de_time_float<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Option<Duration>, D::Error>
+where
+    D: de::Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    f64::deserialize(deserializer)
+        .map(Duration::from_secs_f64)
+        .map(Some)
+}
+
+/// mpd uses bints (0 or 1) to represent booleans,
+/// so we need a special parser for those.
+fn de_bint<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<bool, D::Error>
+where
+    D: de::Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    match u8::deserialize(deserializer)? {
+        0 => Ok(false),
+        1 => Ok(true),
+        n => Err(de::Error::invalid_value(
+            de::Unexpected::Unsigned(n as u64),
+            &"zero or one",
+        )),
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct Track {
+    pub file: String,
+    pub artist_sort: Option<String>,
+    pub album_artist: Option<String>,
+    pub album_sort: Option<String>,
+    pub album_artist_sort: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(deserialize_with = "string_or_vec")]
+    #[serde(default)]
+    #[serde(rename = "performer")]
+    pub performers: Vec<String>,
+    pub genre: Option<String>,
+    pub title: Option<String>,
+    pub track: Option<u32>,
+    pub album: Option<String>,
+    pub artist: Option<String>,
+    pub pos: Option<u32>,
+    pub id: Option<u32>,
+    // TODO: use proper time here
+    pub last_modified: Option<String>,
+    pub original_date: Option<String>,
+    pub time: Option<String>,
+    pub format: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(deserialize_with = "de_time_float")]
+    pub duration: Option<Duration>,
+    pub label: Option<String>,
+    pub date: Option<String>,
+    pub disc: Option<u32>,
+    pub musicbraiz_trackid: Option<String>,
+    pub musicbrainz_albumid: Option<String>,
+    pub musicbrainz_albumartistid: Option<String>,
+    pub musicbrainz_artistid: Option<String>,
+    pub musicbraiz_releasetrackid: Option<String>,
+    pub composer: Option<String>,
+}
+
+// some unprintable character
+const SEPARATOR: char = '\x02';
+
 impl<'de, Iter: Iterator<Item = (&'de str, &'de str)>> de::Deserializer<'de>
     for MPDeserializer<'de, Iter>
 {
@@ -42,41 +112,73 @@ impl<'de, Iter: Iterator<Item = (&'de str, &'de str)>> de::Deserializer<'de>
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "PascalCase")]
-struct Song {
-    title: String,
-    artist: String,
+fn string_or_vec<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Vec<String>, D::Error>
+where
+    D: de::Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    struct StringOrVec();
+
+    impl<'de> de::Visitor<'de> for StringOrVec {
+        type Value = Vec<String>;
+
+        fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+            formatter.write_str("string or list of strings")
+        }
+
+        fn visit_str<E: de::Error>(self, value: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E> {
+            Ok(value
+                .split(SEPARATOR)
+                .map(std::string::String::from)
+                .collect())
+        }
+    }
+
+    deserializer.deserialize_any(StringOrVec())
+}
+
+fn deserialize_response<'a, I: Iterator<Item = &'a str>>(input: I) -> Result<Track, error::Error> {
+    let mut map: std::collections::HashMap<String, String> = std::collections::HashMap::new();
+    for line in input {
+        if let Some(_) = line.strip_prefix("OK") {
+            break;
+        } else if let Some(message) = line.strip_prefix("ACK") {
+            return Err(error::Error {
+                message: message.trim().to_string(),
+            });
+        }
+        let mut fields = line.splitn(2, ": ");
+        match (fields.next(), fields.next()) {
+            (Some(k), Some(v)) => {
+                if let Some(existing) = map.get_mut(k) {
+                    existing.push(SEPARATOR);
+                    existing.push_str(v);
+                } else {
+                    map.insert(k.to_string(), v.to_string());
+                }
+            }
+            _ => panic!("invalid response line: {:?}", line),
+        }
+    }
+    return Ok(envy::from_iter(map).unwrap());
+    // let deser = MPDeserializer {
+    // inner: MapDeserializer::new(map.into_iter()),
+    // };
+    // Song::deserialize(deser)
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    let input_var: &str = "Title: A song 星
-Artist: A name
-OK mpd 0.21.23";
-
-    let mut map = std::collections::HashMap::new();
-    let parser = MpdParser::parse(Rule::response, input_var)
-        .unwrap()
-        .next()
-        .unwrap();
-    for line in parser.into_inner() {
-        match line.as_rule() {
-            Rule::kv => {
-                let mut fields = line.into_inner();
-                map.insert(
-                    fields.next().unwrap().as_str(),
-                    fields.next().unwrap().as_str(),
-                );
-            }
-            Rule::ok => break,
-            Rule::err => panic!("received error response"),
-            _ => unreachable!(),
-        }
-    }
-    dbg!(&map);
-    let deser = MPDeserializer {
-        inner: MapDeserializer::new(map.into_iter()),
-    };
-    let s = Song::deserialize(deser);
-    println!("{:?}", s);
+let input_str = "file: Youtube Rip/VVVVVV Medley.flac
+Last-Modified: 2018-03-07T13:18:01Z
+Album: VVVVVV OST / PPPPPP
+Artist: FamilyJules7x
+Composer: Magnus Pålsson
+Date: 2014
+Genre: Video Game Music
+Title: VVVVVV Medley
+Time: 433
+duration: 432.727
+Pos: 1548
+Id: 1549";
+    let s = deserialize_response(input_str.lines());
+    dbg!(s);
 }