Yes, they seem to fit right in that order because that's why they were placed that way on the first record. Every artist gives careful thought to the sequence of songs when they plan the order of the songs on a record. When the two songs are used on a later record, the same reasons they were sequenced as they were originally will usually cause the same sequence to be used again.
In concert, back when he played SFAWN regularly, it was occasionally just before CRT, but not always. Sometimes he played them in reverse order (e.g., on April 14, 2002, the last concert I attended before he fell ill later that year). In fact, I have sense that he played SFAWN after CRT more often than before, and many times there was a song or two in between.
However, during a concert, the decisions about song placement are more complex than in laying out a record. Things like which guitar he uses are important (he doesn't want to switch more often than necessary), while that doesn't apply with a recording. Some of the musical, tempo, and mood factors are the same, but so much more comes into play when playing live; the feel and feedback from the audience being another significant consideration. So he might do an upbeat song like Baby Step Back between them, before doing the second song. (And he did choose that song, in particular, on many occasions).
Personally, I liked it when the played them in the original sequence toward the end of the second set. Although that meant the concert was almost over, it was always a musical high for me.
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