Copy an iTunes song using the Finder ?

Hi List !
Is it possible to copy an iTunes song in a given folder with Automator ? The iTunes action Get iTunes Item (not sure of the name, I use the french version of Tiger) return iTunes Items, not iTunes Songs !
And the Finder action Copy...only accepts Files/Folders (and iTunes Songs), not iTunes Items.
Is there a way to do this ?

OK, I suppose this is not possible. I've made an automator action that does that but I still find it strange that standard actions can't achieve this...

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