returning a pointer to a function

[DNA7433]

i have a templated class with this template header

template<class InputType, class ReturnType, class ParamType1, class ParamType2>

and a variable declared as such

ReturnType (*m_pFunc)(ParamType1, ParamType2);

a function prototype

ReturnType (*)(ParamType1, ParamType2) GetFuncPtr(void);

and the function body defined as follows

template<class InputType, class ReturnType, class ParamType1, class ParamType2>
ReturnType (*)(ParamType1, ParamType2) CMenuItem<InputType, ReturnType, ParamType1, ParamType2>::GetFuncPtr(void)
{}

it tells me syntax error: ')' in the function prototype
and unexpected tokens preceding ';'
and then some more errors that are created because of this

so what am i doing wrong? it all looks like it should logically work?