The whole thing started at the dawn of man  He was sitting on a rock with a club in his hand  The very first time he laid eyes on her  She was dressed to kill in a saber-tooth fur  The hadn't invented any words to say  But he asked her in a primitive way  Do you want to go back to the cave  Chorus:  Back to the cave make a little fire  A man and a woman and a primal desire  That's the way it is that's the way it was  Before he made the wheel man was making love  A million years later in a Texas bar  A cowboy's listening to steel guitar  When she says hi my name's Irene  She's wearing bright red ropers and tight blue jeans  His eyes light up and his brain goes dim  He tries to be cool but she hears him say  You want to go back to the cave  (Chorus)  So you be Wilma and I'll be Fred  We'll throw the cat out the window put the kids to bed  Take a little trip through history  Do what's always come naturally  In the time machine at the end of the hall  We can be a couple of Neanderthals  Do you want to go back to the cave  (Chorus)  Don't blame us for the way we behave  The only way we know goes back to the cave  It's been done instinctively  Through pre-history  The road to the future  Leads back to the cave