There I was in uniform
Looking at the artichoke
I was just a girl then;
Never have I loved since then

The story:

I had no idea what the title of the song was, I just heard the song and kept on wondering if "the artichoke" was a metaphor for something else... I had to google him up to find the song title and understand it all.

I'm not a native English speaker, by the way... I guess that's a bit of an excuse.