ed on ▁Fle e ce , ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 . ▁ ▁Writing ▁and ▁song ▁orig ins ▁" You ▁Don ' t ▁P ull ▁No ▁P unch es , ▁but ▁You ▁Don ' t ▁P ush ▁the ▁River " ▁was ▁written ▁on ▁Mor r ison ' s ▁three ▁week ▁trip ▁to ▁Ireland ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁along ▁with ▁seven ▁other ▁songs ▁that ▁featured ▁on ▁Ve ed on ▁Fle e ce . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Mor r ison ' s ▁bi ograph er ▁Johnny ▁Rog an , ▁the ▁song ▁begins ▁as ▁a ▁love ▁song ▁celebr ating ▁a ▁young ▁girl ' s ▁child hood ▁and ▁then ▁goes ▁into ▁a ▁journey ▁along ▁the ▁west ▁coast ▁of ▁Ireland ▁ ▁and ▁then ▁suddenly ▁goes ▁into ▁a ▁myth ological ▁search ▁for ▁an ▁object ▁he ▁calls ▁the ▁" V eed on ▁Fle e ce ". ▁The ▁Ve ed on ▁Fle e ce , ▁a ▁phrase ▁from ▁the ▁song , ▁was ▁used ▁as ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁the ▁album . ▁Steve ▁Turner ▁ ▁bel ieves ▁that ▁" The ▁Ve ed on ▁Fle e ce ▁... ▁appears ▁to ▁be ▁Van ' s ▁Irish ▁equivalent ▁of ▁the ▁Holy ▁Gra il ▁ ▁a ▁religious ▁re lic ▁ ▁that ▁would ▁answer ▁his ▁questions ▁if ▁he ▁could ▁track ▁it ▁down ▁on ▁his ▁quest ▁around ▁the ▁west ▁coast ▁of ▁Ireland ." ▁Mor r ison ▁later ▁revealed ▁that ▁he ▁came ▁up ▁with ▁the ▁Ve ed on ▁Fle e ce ▁as ▁a ▁character ▁for ▁the ▁song : ▁" I ▁haven ' t ▁a