No. I go back years ago, when we lived in a three-room house, when we got up before daylight and worked till after dark to make ends meet.

【参考译文】不。此刻我想起了数年前，那时我们住在三间房子里，起早贪黑地工作维持生计。

【参考解析】

1.Go back: take the mind back in time，in one's thoughts 回顾 回想 想起

Yes，whenever she talks，she always likes to go back to her younger days．是的，她只要一开口，就喜欢回顾她的青年时代。

He went back to his childhood．他回忆了他的童年。

My memory doesn't go back that far．我记不起那么久的事了。

2.这里用一般现在时是因为其为整篇文章的基调时态，意义上是“现在”想起“过去”。

3.咱们通常还应该注意一下go back 带不带to 的用法区别。通常如果后跟一个时间点或特定的时间段，后面要带to, 否则就不带。

We go back years. 我们相识多年了。

I go back to many years ago .  我想起了多年前。

所以我认为这句话最好还是带上to ,这样有助于理解。