Two for one. The song "Engine" by Jeff Mangum is also one of my favorites. It doesn't strike me as sad as "Circle of Friends," but it's a rather melancholy song (I guess I'm in that type of mood), so here's a transcription of lyrics. I think this is on the Live At Jittery Joes disc. Blake Ellis has my copy. He's a good kid though. Lyrics:
For I am an engine and I'm holding on.
The world is all bending and breaking from me.
But sweetness alone who flew out threw the window,
And landed back home in a garden of green.
You're riding alone in the back of a steamer,
And steaming yourself in the warm shower spray.
And water rolls on off the round captain's belly,
Who's talking to tigers from his cafeteria tray.
And sweet babies cry for the cool taste of milking,
That milky delight that invited us all.
And if there's a taste in this life more inviting,
Then wake up your windows and watch as the sweet babies crawl.
Away.