Trouble playing from itunes match on macbook pro without original files

Im trying to play (or even organize) my songs in the cloud.
Im using a laptop and don't want to always have to have the external hard drives (on which the music files live) always connected to the computer.
Thats why i subscribe to iTunes match right?
But when i try to play most files, i get an error that says it cannot locate the original files (see pic)
I click on cancel (because the drives are not connected) and it goes ahead and finds the song in the cloud and plays it.
So they're all there (mostly) in the cloud but iTunes wants to play the file from the drive before it looks at the cloud.
Is there any way to have iTunes default to looking at the music in the cloud only?
OSX 10.10.1 (14B25)
Itunes 12.0.1.26
Thanks Thanks Thanks!!!

Hi,
You should create a new library specifically for streaming music from match. Hold option key whilst turning on iTunes and select create new library. You will now have a blank library and you should add iTunes match, select add this computer. You will now see all your music in the cloud.
When you have ext drive attached you can hold option key whilst turning on iTunes and select appropriate library.
Jim

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