Iphone 4 iOS 7.1.1 can't play some songs

All of a sudden I can't play some songs on my Iphone 4.  I have iOS 7.1.1.  Some of the songs are grayed out and have the download progress square within the circle icon next to them.  Tried syncing with ITunes on my pc but get an error "!" next to the same songs.  ITunes defines this icon to mean that the song could not be found as it may have been deleted or moved.  Anyone have any ideas?

durrrrr. nevermind. re-installed itunes and it looks good for now.

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