Authorizing song on new computer

Hi
I bought a couple of songs on my old computer (with another apple id cause I move from one country to another). But at the time, I didn't even know that I was supposed to deauthorize them...
Now on my new PC, it won't let me authorize the old songs. How can I do that??
I mean, when I click on the song and it tells me that it's not authorized, it's my old apple ID that appears and it seems that it has been deleted from their databae... since it's not recognized... And when I enter instead my new ID it tells me that I successfully authorize the song (1 out of 5 comps) on this computer. And yet, when I click again to play it, it tells me that it's not authorized, and again appears my old id to authorize it...
If anybody has had the same issues, please let me know how to solve this. It's not a big a deal since it's just 2 songs actually but still, I would like to listen to what I bought, even if it was a year ago...
Thanx a lot

I most certainly did not get the song from someone else's iPod and I most certainly did not get the song from someone else's account or even someone else's computer. Both of these options are impossible. I can go into more detail about why this is impossible and why I'm so sure if you like but suffice it to say now, no, it's not possible.
It is possible that I purchased the song from some another source, other than Apple iTunes. But, if that be the case, why would it have an authorization problem?

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