How do I permanently delete purchases?

I delete a purchased song from itunes and send it to recycle bin. But the next time I sync, itunes automatically transfers it back to my library. How do I permanently delete purchased items? This problem seemed to start once I started using icloud.

joefalcon wrote:
Why would icloud be designed to continue transferring songs I want deleted?
Because people are stupid and "accidentally" delete stuff all the time that they did not intend to delete.

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