Importing a purchased itune into FCP

Having some stange trouble with importing an itune I purchased through the music store into final cut pro. It imports but with no sound. The file has a little padlock sign on it wondered if that was the reason - also thought it maybe the wrong type of file (M4P)- so opened it in quicktime pro and the options for exporting and sharing were greyed out. HAve also tried converting with toast for audio - but no dice! Anyone have any suggestions?
Imac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

it did when you signed up
check the ELUA
http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/itunes.pdf
You agree that the Services, including but not limited to graphics, audio clips, and editorial content, contain proprietary information and material that is
owned by Apple and/or its licensors, and is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws, including but not limited to copyright, and that
you will not use such proprietary information or materials in any way whatsoever except for permitted use of the Services. No portion of the Services may be
reproduced in any form or by any means. You agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, or create derivative works based on the Services, in any
manner, and you shall not exploit the Services in any unauthorized way whatsoever, including but not limited to, by trespass or burdening network capacity.
when you buy the track from iTunes (or CD's for that matter) you buy the right to LISTEN to the music.
DAVE

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