Songs bought on iPhone appear in Laptop library...but greyed out and unavailable to be played

I am subscribed to the cloud service. I bought songs on my iPhone and can play them there. On my laptop, they appear greyed out in my library. There is no slash thru the cloud icon...but when I click on the icon to download/play song, the Play option is greyed out.
How do I play a song on my laptop?
Seems the advertising is very misleading: Buy song on any device...pay more money for a service...no longer be able to play it on other devices.

Hi,
Are you signed into iTunes match? If so, hold option key whilst turning of match. Close iTunes and then reboot laptop. Open iTunes and turn on match, do so. Once process is complete do you have access to the new tracks?
Jim

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