Tick Tock Fugue

It's very difficult to get a good night's rest
Here inside this alarm clock
I try to curl up in the bottom of the curve here
Where the little projections are to
Keep it from rolling off the nightstand
And right above me are the gears
Time sure is noisy
Should lubricate these gears

Now is the time
Who said that?
Did you hear that?
What do they mean, "Now is the time"?

I thought time was continuous

Yes, that time is the movement of the first heavenly bodies

The things which sometimes are, and sometimes are not
Are measured by time
That those things are said to be measured by time
Which have their beginning and their end in time

That the now of time is the same in all time
That the measure of the first motion
Is the measure of all other motions
That before and after are measured
Are derived from the change in the measured
That before and after are in time
According as they are found in motion

Now is the time
The now
I think I'm suffering from the now
Yes, I've got the now
That's what I've got
Poor thing
Poor thing

Get up
Get up
You gotta get up
What time is it?