Sorting by column when random

So a basic example of my problem is
I have my data like this

e 8
x 5
y 3


but I actually want it to be ordered by a column I already have that is (a random order)

x
y
e

Is there a way to map values across so that

e 8 x 8
x 5 becomes y 3
y 3 e 8


To sum up.
I have my number in a order with multiple columns.
I want to sort by another column that is the same as the 1st column but in a random order