Like “The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy,” the other original song on the Toy Story 4 soundtrack, “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” is about a character from the film. However, unlike “The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy,” “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” was not released as a single.

The song centers on the character Forky (voiced by Tony Hale). Writer Randy Newman explained the premise of the song to Vents Magazine saying, “He gets it in his head that he’s disposable, so he keeps trying to throw himself in the trash can. And Woody has put himself in charge of keeping him from doing so.”