"Uploaded" songs with iTunes match won't play

In an effort to conserve disk space on my Mac, I decided to delete most of the songs in my iTunes library. When I went to play a song that was uploaded (instead of matched or purchased) it would stall then skip it. I am running the latest build of Lion (10.7.3) with the latest version of iTunes. I have found that the songs will play on my iOS devices but I can't figure out why they won't stream on my Mac.

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